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Machine Learning

Starship Technologies Delivery Robots Have Made Over 100,000 Paid Deliveries

Starship Technologies is making delivery robots and they just received $40 million in funding. The robots are advanced devices that can carry items within a 4-mile (6km) radius. Our delivery platform enables a new era of instant delivery that works around you…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Global Warming

Smoky Anchorage has the worst air quality in the U.S.

Anchorage's smoky summer won't relent. As of Tuesday morning, the most populated city in Alaska had the worst air quality in the nation, according to the World Air Quality Index. A number of late-season wildfires have perpetuated Anchorage's hazy summer, wh…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Biological Warfare

Mark Zuckerberg Is a Slumlord

Tech giants, and social media ones in particular, are, well, giant. But theyre also dense, and certain problems tend to arise when a very large number of people occupy the same space. Sites like Facebook rely on the so-called network effect, the concept tha…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Astroturfing

Get ready for the onslaught of “smart plastic incineration”

You are going to hear a lot about this, it makes everybody's problems go poof. Just don't mention the CO2. The President of the United States visited a new plastics facility outside of Pittsburgh recently. Even Fox News wrote that his visit was "in keeping w…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Yellow Vests

Five held in France for urging attacks on G7 police

Biarritz (France) (AFP) - French authorities arrested five people for encouraging attacks on a hotel slated to accommodate police during this weekend's G7 summit, sources said Tuesday, as more than 13,000 members of the security forces prepared to deploy for …

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Nukes

The US just entered a great-power arms race in a big way — and Russia and China are panicking

An M270 multiple launch rocket system fires during a live fire exercise at Rocket Valley, South Korea, Sep. 15, 2017. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michelle U. Blesam, 210th FA Bde PAO The US's first test of a missile since withdrawing from the Intermedia…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Star Wars

Star Wars Battlefront II 2019 roadmap revealed, revives ‘Instant Action’

Star Wars Battlefront II is a first and third-person shooter from EA.The game ignited a microtransactions controversy due to its pay-to-win mechanics.The title has received aggressive post-launch support since launch. You ca…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Star Wars

Preorder Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $51 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

The Queen

18 times Kate Middleton looked like a real-life Disney princess

While Kate Middleton isn't technically a princess, she often dresses like one. Sparkling dresses, for example, seem to be a favorite look for the British royal, who often wears ensembles that look like they've been plucked from Disney princesses' closets. …

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Blockchain

Discover the startups exhibiting at Disrupt SF 2019

Were just a few weeks away from kicking off our flagship event, Disrupt SF 2019, that takes place on October 2-4. If youre an investor looking to increase your portfolio, its the perfect time to start planning your Disrupt strategy. Never fear, were here to h…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Starship Technologies Delivery Robots Have Made Over 100,000 Paid Deliveries

Smoky Anchorage has the worst air quality in the U.S.

Mark Zuckerberg Is a Slumlord

Get ready for the onslaught of “smart plastic incineration”

Five held in France for urging attacks on G7 police

The US just entered a great-power arms race in a big way — and Russia and China are panicking

Star Wars Battlefront II 2019 roadmap revealed, revives ‘Instant Action’

Preorder Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $51 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

18 times Kate Middleton looked like a real-life Disney princess

Discover the startups exhibiting at Disrupt SF 2019

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